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Why Did the Chichen Itza Cross the Road?

Why Did the Chichen Itza Cross the Road?

by Calvin Sun | May 15, 2022 | Blitzkrieg!!!, How Did You Do That?, Mexico, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, Serendipitous!, Weekend Trips

    Probably the most visited site in the world that I have never been, until this weekend. Upon a destination wedding invitation last year by my friend Norman Chen, whom I last saw when we stopped in Chicago on our USA Road Trip back in August 2020....
Return To Travel Project Phase 2: Five Days of Freediving Mag Bay by Puerto San Carlos

Return To Travel Project Phase 2: Five Days of Freediving Mag Bay by Puerto San Carlos

by Calvin Sun | Nov 8, 2020 | Mexico, November 2020: Baja California Sur

Unforgettable photos like these above were taken by my travel buddy on the trip Pier Nirandara.   On the shores of Magdalena Bay in the Pacific Ocean — far from the reaches of COVID-19 — there lies an isolated and remote fishing village called Puerto...
Return To Travel Project Phase 2 (COVID-19): First Flight To Baja California Sur

Return To Travel Project Phase 2 (COVID-19): First Flight To Baja California Sur

by Calvin Sun | Nov 1, 2020 | Mexico, November 2020: Baja California Sur

TLDR; Weigh the opportunity cost of travel (as a frontline healthcare worker I may burn out/can’t take care of anyone safely if I don’t recharge appropriately…and I have taken practice steps with small domestic trips before leaping on a trip abroad)...
A Moment Of Pause In Cancun

A Moment Of Pause In Cancun

by Calvin Sun | Apr 24, 2014 | Mexico, Spring 2014: Pirates of the Caribbean

I never seen water as blue as Cancun’s.  Hanging out at Oasis Sens, and just relaxing before I begin another adventure tomorrow. Here goes nothing.Internet is reported to be unreliable where I’m going, so this might be the last update in...
THE CLINIC IS OPEN

THE CLINIC IS OPEN

by Calvin Sun | Jan 17, 2011 | Community Service, December 2010: A Clinic in Mexico, Mexico, One Small House

  As of 12:00pm EST, Monday January 17th, the community free clinic we were building in Tijuana, Mexico has opened:    - At time of posting in NYC, it was -4 °C - Humidity: 37% | Wind Speed: 8km/hr | Cloud Cover: partly...
When It’s Over…

When It’s Over…

by Calvin Sun | Jan 4, 2011 | December 2010: A Clinic in Mexico, Epiphanies on the Road, Mexico, Post-travel Reflections

3 months of fundraising and 4 days of construction later…   I don’t believe any of us fully grasped the impact of what we were doing until we had left. And even now, in the nascent days of our Tijuana-withdrawal, I myself still haven’t fully...
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